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Trump
news at a glance: Deep confusion as Trump signals new tariffs on smartphones
and computers
President
says he will lay out new levies on Monday and relief on electronics will be
short-lived – key US politics stories from 13 April at a glance
Guardian
staff
Sun 13 Apr
2025 21.51 EDT
Donald
Trump’s tariff war has dived deeper into chaos after a cabinet official
telegraphed new levies on semiconductors – a crucial component in electronic
goods – just days after the Trump administration exempted computers and
smartphones from reciprocal tariffs.
Trump’s
commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said in an interview with NBC that the
tariff exemption on several electronic devices was just temporary and that new
duties would come in “a month or two”. Semiconductors would be targeted with
new tariffs, he said.
Trump was
forced to intervene, saying he would lay out the new tariffs on Monday and any
relief would be short-lived. “NOBODY is getting ‘off the hook’,” he wrote on
his Truth Social platform, adding: “Especially not China which, by far, treats
us the worst!”
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